xviii, 446 pages :

"Physics for Diagnostic Radiology, 2nd edition is written for radiologists studying for their professional examinations, medical physicists and radiographers in training."--BOOK JACKET. "It is a comprehensive and compact primer. Its analytical approach deals in logical order with the wide range of imaging techniques available. It provides the physics that diagnostic radiologists and other professionals involved in diagnostic imaging need to make best use of the imaging techniques available. It covers the physics and radiation safety necessary to understand the production of digitized images, nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance imaging."--BOOK JACKET

Revised edition of: Physics for radiologists. 1987

"Published in association with the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine."

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Fundamentals of Radiation Physics and Radioactivity -- 2. Production of X-Rays -- 3. Interaction of X-Rays and Gamma Rays with Matter -- 4. The Image Receptor -- 5. The Radiological Image -- 6. Radiation Measurement and Doses to Patients -- 7. Diagnostic Imaging with Radioactive Materials -- 8. Assessment and Enhancement of Image Quality -- 9. Special Radiographic Techniques -- 10. Tomographic Imaging -- 11. Radiobiology and Radiation Risks -- 12. Practical Radiation Protection and Legislation -- 13. Diagnostic Ultrasound -- 14. Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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